"stop motion"

Produced by four teens on the stop motion multilane at Spy Hop Productions as part of the SHIFT AYV Film Camp this March, this piece is an cross-generational exploration of the power of imagination through the eyes of a young boy and his storytelling grandfather. As the grandfather spins his tales, the young boy begins to embellish with grandiose dreams of adventure of his seafaring and dragon slaying ancestors. The message: A good imagination takes you anywhere you want to go; dare to dream!

This is a video poem produced with images created through the use of Photoshop. Youth took photographs in a studio built with recycled material and edited them to illustrate a poem written by one of the participants. In some images, they mixed their own photographs with fragments of pictures from the Internet, but in a way that would not violate the established copyright rules. Stop motion techniques were also used to convey the message. This media was part of a bullying prevention campaign that aimed to sensitize youth regarding the respect for differences.

Stop motion is a great technique for beginners and advanced media makers. There is lots of room for experimentation and creativity and it can work in pretty much any environment with a camera and computer. This video introduces helpful concepts and techniques required to tell exciting stories using stop motion.

Jane Urban made “Moonsong,” a stop motion video showing the connection between nature, humans and art, for Fast Forward, an Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston program in which teens create new media work for critique, presentation and distribution.

“WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? THE STORY OF GRAY GREG” is a stop motion animation film and tells the story of young gray crayon, Gray Greg. Greg faces stereotyping and identity issues at school because of his differences, but later comes to terms with who he is.

This project is a short stop motion film about the concepts of individuality and its impact on community. The project gives viewers pause to consider how their personal individuality works in connection with everyone around them to form community.

A stop motion style PSA that highlights the challenges of a society that is hooked on water. The water glass represents the contents of the Earth's water supply and it drastically decreases as the availability of fresh does as well.

We Wonder, We Create is a video made by a
group of 4th and 5th graders at the South Shore
School in Seattle. Using stop-motion animation, the
students investigate the creative process from the
spark of an idea all the way to an invention or
artistic product.

"Contradictions" is a stop-motion animation piece that artistically uses photographs and hand drawn elements to explore the idea that you shouldn't judge people and their character by their appearances. People may dress or act in certain ways, but often have interests and tastes, in this case, musically, beyond what their fashion traits may indicate.

This project is a unique narrative presented in stop motion using still photos. It is about a student named Angel who chronicles his high school experience going from a student who gets into trouble into a student who strives to work towards graduation. His experience with teachers is the focus. Its audience is high school students who might be in similar situations or know someone who might be. Its carries a strong message of students being able to change.